RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ATTENDS CIS SUMMIT IN MINSK
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko walk with presidents, CIS members before their summit in Minsk, Belarus on November 28, 2006. The heads of 11 former Soviet republics on Tuesday opened a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States expected to focus on reforming the 15-year-old organization. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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Former Ukraine President Viktor Yuschenko has been kicked out of the Our Ukraine party in a debt dispute, party officials said Saturday.
Five people marking the eighth anniversary of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution were arrested for petty hooliganism, police said Friday.
The president of Ukraine urges its speedy admission to NATO in the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia.
The Ukrainian parliament Tuesday voted to back pro-West Yulia Tymoshenko for prime minister by one vote.
Leaders of the European Union called on Ukraine to get its political house in order so it can move forward with needed government and economic reforms.
Viktor Yanukovich, the pro-Russian prime minister of Ukraine, says NATO membership should be a joint decision by all the country's leaders.
Russian researchers say a strain of bird flu found in Ukraine could threaten human health, Itar-Tass reported Friday.
The dioxin used to poison Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko while he was still a candidate was made inside the country and not in Russia.
Counter-proliferation efforts and Ukraine WTO membership will feature in talks between Presidents Bush and Viktor Yuschenko, the White House said Friday.
Ukrainian officials set a Sunday inauguration for the nation's third president, the pro-western Viktor Yuschenko who won election by 2 million votes.
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